Samurai Sketches
Description
The final years of the samurai were an age of unprecedented turmoil and bloodletting in Japan. They heralded the end of two and a half centuries of rule under the powerful Tokugawa Shogun. The rule of law was deteriorating, assassination and murder were rampant, and inner-fighting among the warrior class embroiled the nation. After the United States forced an end of over two hundred years of Japanese isolation, two contrasting philosophies were embraced by the samurai. On one side were those who would overthrow the Shogun and restore the Emperor to his ancient seat of power. Opposing the re...
ISBN(s)
0966740181, 9780966740189
